# View your experiments
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You can view the progress of a running experiment, and you can view experiments that have completed, stopped, or failed.

Stopped, completed, and failed experiments are automatically removed from your account after 120 days.

**To view experiments using the console**

1. Open the AWS FIS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/fis/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/fis/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Experiments**.

1. Choose the **Experiment ID** of the experiment to open its details page.

1. Do one or more of the following:
   + Check **Details**, **State** for the [state of the experiment](#experiment-states).
   + Choose the **Actions** tab for information about the experiment actions.
   + Choose the **Targets** tab for information about the experiment targets.
   + Choose the **Timeline** tab for a visual representation of the actions based on their start and end times.

**To view experiments using the CLI**  
Use the [list-experiments](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/fis/list-experiments.html) command to get a list of experiments, and use the [get-experiment](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/fis/get-experiment.html) command to get information about a specific experiment.

## Experiment states
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An experiment can be in one of the following states:
+ **pending** – The experiment is pending.
+ **initiating** – The experiment is preparing to start.
+ **running** – The experiment is running.
+ **completed** – All actions in the experiment completed successfully.
+ **stopping** – The stop condition was triggered or the experiment was stopped manually.
+ **stopped** – All running or pending actions in the experiment are stopped.
+ **failed** – The experiment failed due to an error, such as insufficient permissions or incorrect syntax.
+ **cancelled** – The experimented was stopped or prevented from starting due to an engaged safety lever.

## Action states
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An action can be in one of the following states:
+ **pending** – The action is pending, either because the experiment hasn't started or the action is to start later in the experiment.
+ **initiating** – The action is preparing to start.
+ **running** – The action is running.
+ **completed** – The action completed successfully.
+ **cancelled** – The experiment stopped before the action started.
+ **skipped** – The action has been skipped.
+ **stopping** – The action is stopping.
+ **stopped** – All running or pending actions in the experiment are stopped.
+ **failed** – The action failed due to a client error, such as insufficient permissions or incorrect syntax.